7/12/15

I
followed the Mets 8-0 win against the Dodgers earlier this week, where they
touched up Dodger starter Mike Bolsinger (3.09)
for four runs in six innings. Bolsinger is the Dodgers SP4 followed by Carlos Frias (4.39) at SP5. Neither of these guys are
household names and you would think that the Dodgers would match up well for a Jonathan Niese trade once Carl
Crawford worked his way back into the lineup. I was thinking that OF-1N Scott Van Slyke could be a great fourth outfielder and
could spell Lucas Duda at first.

I
also found the Niese victory against the Giants quite impressive. Now, all the
Mets have to do is convince some other team that Niese is the pitcher that has
produced a 2.41-ERA in his last six starts, rather than the guy that put down a
9.00-ERA in the previous four.

Jon Morosi reported earlier this week that the
Cubs were not only looking to add a starter, but, in addition, a LHH
centerfielder. Hmm… let’s see… Jon Niese and Darrell Cecchini
for Addison Russell.

Thoughts?

I
do want to get back to basics here and use the Random Thoughts Sunday post as a
place to feature some of the youngsters like I used to do when I first built
this site. I’m sure you notice that many of the regulars point out things like
‘Mack, you were the first one out there to recognize Ruben
Tejada and tell us about him…”. Well, that was one of the major reasons
I started this blog, not to serve Queen but to introduce to you the kids
playing at the affiliate levels.

We
need to talk about three this week.

There’s
an unheralded 17-year old playing centerfield for the DSL-2 team that hit his 4th
home run of the young rookie season. DSL player just don’t hit a lot of homers
and 6-3, 175-pound Ranfy Adan just hit his 4th
homer in only his 26th game played. Like I said, this isn’t being
done at Bryce Harper levels but it’s the closest
outfield power slugger this team has developed out of the DSL system since C Jose Flores hit four over the entire 2008 season. I
think we need to keep an eye on this kid.

He
is joined by a 21-year old 6-5 RHP Nicolas Debora,
who has recently been converted into a starter (8-games, 3-starts). The stat
line is awesome: 4-0, 0.97, 0.76.

Lastly,
there is catcher Ali Sanchez, now playing for
the GCL Mets. Yes, this is a small base, but I have never seenoffense
like this come from a minor league catcher, no less one playing already in
Florida at the age of 18. As of close of business Thursday night, Sanchez has hit
.378/.417/.400/817.

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comments:

Wait. You're suggesting the Cubs accept an offer of Niese and darrell Ceceliani for Russell?Mack, theres this new drug thats made its way to south Florida called flakka. Its reported that if u take too much of it, you can literally lose your mind. Have you been down here lately? ;)

if I were the Cubs, I would think a deal involving Niese, Nimmo, and Fulmer for Russell might be more reasonable. Throw in one of our 800 minor league shortstops not named Gavin or Amed. They want one of them, no Fulmer. Gavin is on fire: 17 for 41 and 7 walks in last 10 games. Wow.

Matz and Nimmo for Russell and they wouldn't immediatley hang up on Sandy. Offer Neise and Ceciliani, and Theo Epstein would probably start recording the conversation and ask Sandy to repeat the offer so he could have himself a laugh any time he replayed it at dinner parties.

With Matz hurt and Gee pitching horribly in Vegas, I don't think the Mets can afford to trade Neise. He's pitching wondefully and they need as much great pitching as possible just to keep the record over .500.

Unfortunately, Sandy is going to need to deal from his prospects. So take Confotro and Rosario out of the equation and now you're looking at trading players like Nimmo, Smith, Fulmer, and Meisner. Probably at least two of them to get a rental like Upton for the rest of the year and I don't know if Sandy has the stomach for that or even if that'll get it done.

One interesting revelation: The Cubs are 7-0 against us, which makes them 39-40 against everybody else. They don't have the benefit of facing us for the rest of the year! So good luck! Gave me a laugh/touch of optimism when I realized that.

Its crazy that, proven stastically, when the Mets score 4 or more runs, you can pretty much light the cigar and 'put it in the books'.Anyway its too late now to keep bitching about what might have been if the Mets had more offense. Whats done is done.Keep trying to win every home series, split on the road and see their pitching takes them.

"Keep trying to win every home series, split on the road and see their pitching takes them" -

You have this all figured out.

Also, remember... the Mets will playing the majority of their September games against the weal NL East. Pitsburgh and Chicago will play each other and the LAD and Giants will also. This should strengthen the Mets chance for a Wild Card.

However... like Keith Hernandez said... we're in it for the pennant and it will probably come down to the 12 games the Mets and Nats still have to play each other

All we need is good pitching. Timely hitting. The return of TDA and Blevins. Duda to hit again. Wilmer to keep hitting. Murph to keep hitting. Lagares and cuddyer to be healthy (ish).The bullpen to stay amazin. Mejia to be solid. And the bench to improve. ..... simple ;)